Mark Stencel's Friends

CQ Futurist

The perils and possibilities of stem cell research and biotech are an inherently international debate.

Washington's ways present formidable barriers to Obama's plans for a more interactive government

The FDA faces new challenges as medicine-makers go online to spread their messages to consumers

Increasingly computerized cars will need to drive on Internet-era infrastructure, paved with bits and bytes.

Experiments show that election processes are as much of an obstacle to online voting as the technical ones.

Keeping up with the generation that grew up online will take a lot more than blogs and e-mail messages.

Realities on Earth may mean fewer tickets to space for the next group of prospective astronauts.

Overuse of Social Security numbers contribute to identity theft fears, but there are alternatives.

Philadelphia’s groundbreaking plan for providing citywide Internet access has become a cautionary tale.

A debate over how to dispose of radioactive fuel threatens a new push for nuclear power.

About Me: I am bizdev person @ Governing magazine and a columnist for Governing and our sister publication, Congressional Quarterly's CQ Weekly. Previously I was a managing editor at CQ and an editor and executive at the Washington Post, where I worked in both the print and online newsrooms and on the editorial and business sides of the company's interactive division. I lived near the Duke campus when I covered science and technology for the News & Observer.